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• Adopt-a-Farmer Project, Waterville

  

  Waterville Elementary School began NatureMapping in 1993. The Adopt-a-Farmer Project officially began in 1999 and continues to grow as new research questions arise.

  1. Work with the Waterville Elementary School Grades 2-4 to build a school and community-wide research project where the students identify new research components to the study of the Short-horned lizard.
  2. Identify the elementary students' limitations with technology that is used in high school and college, such as GPS (Global Positioning Systems), Radio Tracking, and GIS (Geographic Information Systems).
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• Bainbridge Island

  Bainbridge Island schools were among the first to pilot NatureMapping. Data are collected around the island each May. NatureMapping will begin to work with teachers and community members to move from a fun outdoor activity to collecting more geographically precise data for analyses by the students and the community.
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• Lower White River, Auburn

  The Lower White River Bioblitz was held on June 2-3, 2006. Over 100 scientists, taxa experts, volunteers,land owners and news media participated in the 24-hour inventory of birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, insects, and plants.
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• Oak Tree Park, Tacoma

  Tacoma School of the Arts (SOTA) sophomore students began a long-term project to inventory the City of Tacoma's Oak Tree Park in an effort to identify the best places to put trails, signs, where to remove non-native species, and develop materials for the nearby schools and community. The students received NatureMapping training as part of the intensive 3-week introduction to learn about wildlife and habitat.

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• Pierce County Biodiversity Network

  The Pierce County Biodiversity Network took 5 years to develop through the efforts of Pierce County Planners, University of Washington - Department of Urban Design & the Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Tahoma Audubon, and MetroParks Tacoma.
  
  Pierce County's multi-pronged implementation strategy helps guide county planners in directing more intense development away from identified bio-rich lands and can also guide private and public land conservation purchases or easements. But what about encouragement of conservation and stewardship on private lands?
  
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  Biodiversity Management Areas - Community Meetings and Bioblitz Reports

  • Kitsap County
  • North Bay
  • Gig Harbor
  • Greenwater
  • Lake Bay
  • McNeil Island
  • Ketron Island
  • Upland
  • Norse Peak
  • Nisqually Delta
  • Puyallup River
  • Shoreline
  • Upper Nisqually River
  • Lewis County
  • Rainier
  • White River
  • Lower White River

  
  
• Seattle Audubon

  Seattle Audubon field trip leaders have been submitting their observations to NatureMapping since 1995. Data from 589 field trips, with 28 extending into Eastern Washington have been compiled into a report.
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• Washington Gap Analysis

  Gap Analysis is a process of identifying areas of high conservation priority. It is designed to be a proactive approach to conservation. Gap relies on information about current landcover and terrestrial vertebrates to identify habitat types and species that are poorly represented on reserves.
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  California

• NatureMapping with East Palo Alto Charter School

Fourth and fifth grade students from the East Palo Alto Charter School conducted predator studies and habitat restoration projects in 2005-2005. The students studied a salt marsh habitat in the South San Francisco Bay that is managed by the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
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